I thought that some people probably would like to know which firefox extensions I´am using with my firefox browser. No one will find all of them useful but if I can convert one or two of you to try a few out, well, that would be great. It would be nice to read about extensions that you are using and it could be that you mention a extension that I did not know about, this would be great for me as well. Keep it coming

Advanced Dork - Search quickly and efficiently for specified text inside Google’s Advanced Operators.

Customize Google - Enhances google search results

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I found a nice little script that might be useful for some of you. The google image ripper script immediatly displays the full size images of your google image searches. As you know when you do the search google displays thumbnails of the images as results and you have to click on the thumbnails for the full size image.

You enter a search term, define the size of the images that will be displayed and the amount of images and hit enter. All images appear in the size that you selected. The site offers a bookmarklet for this type of search.

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AjaxWrite is a superb demonstration what Ajax can do. Ajax, which stands for Asynchronous JavaScript And XML is a web development technique for creating interactive websites. AjaxWrite offers the basic functionality of programs like Microsoft Word and OpenOffice for free on the web. No need to purchase, download or install anything. Open the website and you´re ready to go. The only requirement is firefox 1.5 or newer, the operating system itself does not matter.

The application is able to load and save Microsoft Word, OpenOffice and many other text formats. The website itself is imitating the look of your favorite word processing software with all the standard options available as well. (for instance different fonts, paragraphs aso.). This is also great if you are in dire need of converting a file into a different format, for example .doc into .txt format. Give it a try, its great.

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This is a helpful extension. You might know Tor which helps you anonymize your internet traffic or Torpark which is basically Firefox with an always active Tor. Most people don´t need to be anonymous all the time when they are connected to the internet. Some paranoids will disagree here but I think there is no need for anonymity if you want to check on the latest football scores or a weather report.

If you agree with me on this Torbutton might be the right firefox extension for you. You can start and stop the Tor service with the click of a button. You need to install Tor as well, download link is provided from the page above and privoxy. If you like it use it and make sure you check if its working by visiting a website that shows your IP.

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Everyone knows that it´s possible to download google video files as .fla files directly using services like keepvid.com. Not many do know that it is also possible to save them directly as avi files as well. All you need is this little bookmarklet Save Google Video Files as Avi

Simply save the link as a bookmark and navigate video.google.com and watch a video there. Click on the bookmark and it will show the save as dialog, and the file will be saved as avi and not fla. So, no need for that .fla player anymore and there is also no need to convert the fla files to avi. Watch the movie, hit the bookmark, save, and watch from your computer.

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